a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Kumidaiko grew out of both festival drumming and the more religiously-focused temple and shrine drumming but is inexorably infused with elements of jazz. As the story goes, Oguchi was sought out after a piece of written music was found in an old miso warehouse owned by one of his relatives.
Every October for the past 18 years, readers of The Georgia Straight have voted Kokoro Dance Vancouver’s best dance company. Not bad for a small company that has always determinedly played by its own rules, flaunting convention at every turn.…
When the Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre conceived the Heart of the City Festival in 2004, they were looking to build on the success of their 2003 co-production In the Heart of a City: the Downtown Eastside Community…
The Centennial celebrations also sparked something in a community that had largely gone to ground, reigniting pride in a heritage that had been relegated to the back of the closet in an attempt to assimilate into mainstream society.
UPDATE: The vote on the apology motion will take place at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 25th 2013. The vote was moved forward to the first item on the agenda to accommodate our seniors.
Keith Fukushima’s Ride to Remember Like so many Lower Mainland residents, Keith Fukushima and his sister Tanis would look forward to visiting the Fair at the PNE with their Grandmother when they were children. She would take them to play…
Celebrating 50 Years of Ikebana in Vancouver Ikebana has a long and respected history in Japan. While the exact origins are unknown, it is thought to have come to Japan with the introduction of Buddhism in the 6th century. Many…
Jodaiko bring a very passionate, empowered performance to the stage. In addition to Tiffany Tamaribuchi, this year’s line up included Kristy Oshiro, Susan Tanabe, Eileen Kage and Leslie Komori.
We have recommended the Livestock Building should have 2 panels since the building was a massive multi purpose site - not only housing women and young children, but also providing detainee health care, hospital and sanitorium services .
by Mary Kitagawa We are very disappointed to learn that the Asian Canadian Studies minor course is not being offered at UBC this September. In a press release on November 16, 2011, the UBC Senate Tributes Committee announced that they…
The members of the JCCA Human Rights Committee participated in one of the many workshops the Truth and Reconciliation Committee sponsored, in April,2013. As a followup, we have been asked to participate in Reconciliation Week, 16-22 September 2013. September 16…
“When our parents, Katsuyori and Kimiko Murakami brought the family back to Salt Spring Island in 1954 after being expelled in 1942, the first place they took the family was to the cemetery,” said Rose. “In the twelve years in which we lived in exile, we found that terrible things had been done to the Japanese Canadian graves."
